The ticket offices close one hour before the scheduled closing times of
the museums or monuments. In most cases visitors under 18 and over 60 may visit the
museums free of charge. During the summer months, Rome's largest museums open for longer
hours, including in the evening.

Open 9 a.m. - 7 p.m. Veekend and holidays 9 a.D. 1 p.m.; closed on
Mondays.
The monumental altar inaugurated on 30 January 9 a.C. to celebrate the military successes
in Gaul and Spain and consecrate peace in the empire.

Bookings tel. O6 328101
Open from Tues to Sun 9 a.m. - 8 p.m; closed on Mondays.
The Borghese family collection of classical and sixteenth to nineteenth century sculptures
(among which works of Bernini and Canova) and fifteenth to nineteenth century paintings in
the building commissioned by Cardinal Scipione Borghese.

National Gallery of Modern and Contemporary
ArtViale delle Belle Arti, 131 - Tel. 06 322981
Open from Tues to Sun 9 a.m. - 8 p.m.; closed on Mondays
One of the largest collection of paintings, sculptures, and graphic art by
artists, mostly Italian, from the last centuryto the present day. The gallery also has very vast library
and specialised archives.

Musei Vaticani, Cappella
Sistina, Stanze e Loggia di Raffaello.
Città del Vaticano - Viale Vaticano - Tel. 06 69884947 - 06 69883333
Mondays to Friday: 2 January to 14 March and from 2 November to 31 December: 8.45 a.m. to
1.45 p.m.; 16 March to 30 October: 8.45 a.m. to 4.45 p.m.; Saturdays 8.45 to 1.45 p.m.;
Sundays closed except for the last Sunday of each month; when admittance to the museums is
free.
An extraordinarily important museum complex in virtue of the works kept there and the
sumptuous premises in which they are exhibited.